Notification, 1988

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West Ben.

Act XLIII of

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

LAW DEPARTMENT

Legislative West Bengal Act XVIII of 1988

THE BENGAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1988.

[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 16th November, 1988.] [16th November, 1988.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Primary Education (Amendment) Act, 1988.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. In section 2 of the West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—

(a) for clause (x), the following clause shall be substituted:— '(x) "hill areas" has the same meaning as in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988;';

(b) in clause (xix), for the words "under this Act;", the words "under this Act, and includes the Primary School Council for the sub-division of Siliguri;".

Short title and commence- ment.

Amendment of section 2 of West Ben.

Act XLIII of

3. In section 4 of the principal Act, in clause (j),— Amendment

(a) in sub-clause (vi), for the words "hill area;", the words "hill of section 4.

areas;" shall be substituted, and

(b) after sub-clause (ix), the following sub-clause shall be inserted:— "(x) one shall be a representative of the Primary School Council for the sub-division of Siliguri.".

The West Bengal Primary Education (Amendment) Act, 1988.

[West Ben. Act XVIII of 1988.] (Section 4.) Amendment of section 37.

4. In section 37 of the principal Act,—

(a) in sub-section (1),—

(i) after the word "excluding", the words "the hill areas and" shall be inserted;

(ii) the following proviso shall be inserted:— "Provided that the State Government shall, by notification, establish for the sub-division of Siliguri (excluding such mauzas of the sub-division as are comprised in the hill areas), with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, a Primary School Council bearing the name of the sub-division.";

(b) in clause (i) of sub-section (2), the proviso shall be omitted. Page 1 Page 2